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Government

Submission + - FTC pursues Rambus appeal to Supreme Court (scotusblog.com)

pheede writes: SCOTUSblog brings us news that the FTC has appealed the recent circuit court decision regarding Rambus' deceptive conduct on the JEDEC standards commitee where they conveniently omitted to tell anyone that they owned patents on the resulting standards. The FTC, which is proceeding on its own without help from the Justice Department, notes the circuit court's "sweeping rules that would immunize" deceptive conduct by a would-be monopolist "in most circumstances."
Patents

Submission + - IBM sues Amazon over patent infringement

pheede writes: Today, IBM filed two patent infringement suits against Amazon.com. According to IBM's press release, "Amazon.com has willfully infringed and continues to infringe on a number of key IBM patents".

The patents in question concern such novelties as "Ordering Items Using an Electronic Catalogue", "Storing Data in an Interactive Network", and "Presenting Applications in an Interactive Service" among others.

So, now who's side are we on. The company who is clobbering SCO and defending the honor of Linux or the company behind the infamous one-click patent..

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